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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugene L Saklad, Sudbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
New England Nuclear Corporation, Boston, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; C07G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424-1 ; 2601 / ; 260122 ; 424-15 ; 424-9 ;
Abstract
Microaggregates of a complex of (1) albumin, particularly human serum albumin and (2) a metal reducing agent, particularly a stannous reducing agent, preferably formed in the presence of a stabilizing ligand, which complex, when labelled with technetium-99m provides an excellent agent for imaging reticuloendothelial systems (RES), particularly the liver, spleen, and bone marrow; methods of making and using the same; a complex (physical or chemical) of technetium-99m with such microaggregates and methods of using such latter complex.